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The LiveWellVegas blogs present information about communities, real estate, home life and fun in Las Vegas from a personal perspective that includes opinions. These come from our own writers and from professionals and involved citizens in our community.

Hal DeKeyser For Las Vegas home buyers and sellers, this is the weirdest market we’ve seen in nearly 20 years. That is to say, it’s almost normal. After a roller coaster price path since the early part of the century – where we went from the nation’s biggest boom to its biggest bust and then…

If you’re wondering just what it might take to finally flee the high housing and tax costs of living in California, here’s a compendium of stories out of the Golden State that might push you in one direction or another. The book, “DumpCal – Trade California for Vegas and double your lifestyle for half the…

Retirees particularly like Henderson and the southwest Millennials are starting to like the Vegas valley more It’s generally good news for the economy If you’re wondering where all those people from California are landing in the Las Vegas valley, you can be sure that plenty of them are moving to Henderson. And that’s particularly pronounced…

Buyer’s agents bring qualified and interested buyers to new home models Builders spend a lot on marketing to bring buyers So builders pay buyer agents instead of marketing expenses Everyone knows that when buyer’s agents are involved in a resale real estate transaction, they get a commission, and that comes out of the sellers’ and…

My book, “DumpCal – Trade California for Vegas and double your lifestyle for half the cost” explains why the middle class is increasingly abandoning California for places with affording housing, lower taxes, less traffic, and reduced regulation. (Get if free by going to www.DumpCal.com and registering.) Here are a few headlines from around the internet…

Is your home your biggest investment? Or is it simply your biggest expense? We’ve been told the former as far back as we can remember, but it it true today. Or was it ever true? Mind you we’re talking about your primary residence here, not real estate in general. Lots of investors have made millions…

If you’ve been watching interest rates in advance of buying a home in Las Vegas, here are a couple of good news stories for you. And one you won’t like if you’re a DACA immigrant. First the good news: As it now stands, a House committee has voted to remove the requirement that buyers pay…

Are you rich? Do you know what it takes to be considered rich where you live? If you are trying to keep up with the Joneses (or you are them), what do you earn or have that puts you in the “rich” category? One favorite determinant is accumulated wealth. If you own a million-dollar home…

After years of a squeaky tight housing market, it’s getting easier to buy a home in Las Vegas. The two biggest indicators of a shift from a sellers’ to a buyers’ market (or probably more likely a balanced one) is that the median housing price in Vegas has remained the same for three straight months.…

Renters and first-time homebuyers: Do you know what it takes to get a mortgage so you could buy a home instead of giving your money to the landlord every month? No, you don’t. At least that’s the conclusion of researchers for Fannie Mae, who discovered in a recent survey that many people who don’t own…